Show X New Device Controls Cancer o of Buildings Pipes Enable Chemical To Reach Termites Termites the cancer cance of ot buildings build ings now can be controlled Through all the ages the tiny insect that feasts on wood in homes farm buildings buildIngs buildIngs build- build Ings and other structures has been beena a constant destroyer Annual property property prop prop- erty losses run far into the millions Ordinary control measures could not get at the intricate tunnels hidden hidden hid hid- den away in difficult and Impossible to reach places A new device hailed as an effective effective tive means of ot the destructive destructive destructive de de- pest was demonstrated at atthe atthe atthe the annual convention of ot the National Nation Nation- al Association of Home Builders in Chicago by W. W B B. B Hill of ot Memphis Tenn Term nationally known as a termite expert His Ills method consists of installing a series of slotted pipes at the time of construction in all inaccessible areas including filled dirt-filled porches sun parlors stoops steps and fire fire- places Annually a perforated pipe is slipped into the allotted pipes and andall andall andall all hidden areas are treated with a powerful chemical toxic blown I y In this novel display a colony of ot termites is feasting on tho the framework in a model home structure It provides dramatic proof of the destructive ability of tho the tiny insects through openings in the pipes Hill who has spent 20 y years ars figuring figuring figur ing ways of waging war on the termite ter mite also has devised a display showing live termites at work Enclosed En closed in glass his small scale model mod mod- el home has an army of hungry termites termites ter ter- mites actually at work constructing their intricate network of ot mud tunnels tunnels tun tun- nels or shelter tubes It shows the worker the soldier on guard and the immature young potential queen who swarms in the spring l. l |